Chinese fans really care about the hat-trick, as if without this hat-trick, Atletico Madrid's victory would be incomplete, and there are shortcomings that cannot be made up.

But Gao Zheng really didn't care, he was very happy when the team won.

It's not that he's trying to pretend.

It's not too difficult for him to score goals, and even if he doesn't score a hat-trick in this game, he is confident that he can score three goals in other games.

Only those who usually struggle to score goals will pay special attention to hat-tricks, after all, they are really short of goals and hat-tricks.

Although Gao Zheng has only scored two Champions League hat-tricks in his career so far, he has countless hat-tricks in the league.

He really doesn't care much about hats or not.

Shortly after Dedecico's own goal, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Atletico Madrid beat Astana 4-0 at home thanks to a brace from Gao Zheng and a goal from Saul, as well as an own goal from the opposition.

In the other group game played at the same time, Benfica lost 1-2 away to Galatasaray.

Originally, the two teams were on the same score, but as a result, Atletico Madrid won two and drew one, accumulating seven points and occupying the top spot in the group. Benfica, on the other hand, like Galatasaray, have one win, one draw and one loss, and because they do not have an advantage in the win-loss relationship with Galatasaray, Benfica also fell to third place.

Astana, who are hard to find a win, remain at the bottom of the table.

In the next three rounds of the group stage, Atletico Madrid will travel to Astana and will also face Galatasaray at home, and the last round is away to Benfica.

If all goes well, the situation of qualification is already clear before the final game against Benfica.

After this round of group stage, Atletico Madrid regained the initiative to fight for the top spot in the group.

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After the Champions League group stage with Astana, Atletico Madrid brought in Valencia at home.

Although Simeone made rotation adjustments in this game, Gao Zheng still appeared in the starting lineup.

Now Simeone is relying more and more on Gao Zheng, even if it is a double game a week, Gao Zheng will rarely be put on the bench.

And he was occasionally arranged like this last season.

This season, Simeone decided to make the most of Gao Zheng's ability, and it was a waste to put him on the bench, and waste was a crime.

Gao Zheng, who started the game, also lived up to Simeone's expectations, opening the scoring for the team in the 32nd minute, helping Atletico Madrid to lead Valencia 1-0 at home.

In the 40th minute, Carrasco extended Atletico Madrid's lead.

Valencia didn't pull a goal back for Valencia until the 72nd minute through Paco Alcacer, but it was too late.

In the end, Atletico Madrid beat Valencia 2-1 at home to continue to lead the league standings.

Since losing 1-0 to Villarreal in the sixth round of the league, Atletico Madrid have won three in a row in the league.

However, this three-game winning streak was broken in the next match of Atletico Madrid away to Deportivo La Coruna.

Because considering that the next game against Astana is next, Simeone has made a large rotation of the team, and this time even Gao Zheng was put on the bench.

This is mainly because the away game against Astana was so tough.

From Madrid to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, the entire Atletico Madrid team needs to fly for seven hours in a row, a total distance of 5,700 kilometers, and a five-hour time difference.

It's a huge challenge.

In order to ensure his players have the fitness and energy to cope with this Champions League group stage, Simeone will have to make some trade-offs.

Of course, this trade-off comes at a cost.

So when Atletico Madrid lost 1-0 away to Deportivo La Coruna, it was no surprise.

Because most of the main players are not on the field.

Even those players on the field may have on their minds a seven-hour flight and a distance of 5,700 kilometers......

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Atletico Madrid, who lost the game, were overtaken by Real Madrid in the league standings.

Now Real Madrid is only one point behind Atletico Madrid, with Atletico Madrid having 24 points and Real Madrid having 23 points.

The lead is largely gone.

After Real Madrid lost to Atletico Madrid, Benitez's position was unstable for a while, but the next wave of three consecutive wins allowed Real Madrid to bite Atletico Madrid, and took advantage of Atletico Madrid's loss to Deportivo La Coruna, and successfully caught up.

As long as it continues like this, Atletico Madrid will definitely not be able to withstand the pressure of Real Madrid pressing from behind.

At that point, it will be Real Madrid's chance to overtake.

As for the other rival, Barcelona, currently has 21 points, and is in third place, two points behind Real Madrid.

As long as Real Madrid do their thing, they don't worry about Barcelona.

After three consecutive wins to catch up with Atletico Madrid, Benitez's position seems to be solidified again.

But in fact, there is still a big test in front of him, that is, the twelfth round of the league, the "national derby" between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

After the defeat to Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and the fans could not afford to lose to Barcelona.

So don't look at the fact that Real Madrid has equaled Atletico Madrid, but in fact, for Benitez, the pressure is still high.

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Gao Zheng feels that Atletico Madrid and Astana are like cowherds and weaver girls, separated by a huge galaxy, they can only meet once a year, and it is not easy to see them once.

Even with such a developed means of transportation as airplanes, it is still painful to sit on an airplane for seven hours.

When the draw results first came out, many Atletico Madrid players still felt that it was a good opponent because they were weak enough to easily beat their opponents.

But now that they think about it, they completely underestimated the away distance of 5,700 kilometers.

Besides, there is no way to sit in first class, there are so many people in the whole team, and there are not so many seats in first class, if some people sit and some people don't, it is too unfair.

The cramped seats in the economy class are very unfriendly to Gao Zheng, a person who is 1.9 meters tall.

He couldn't even stretch his legs......

And even more uncomfortable than cramped seats is seven hours of boring travel time.

Gao Zheng finally chose to pass the time by watching.

He found a book on the Internet dedicated to football, the author is Lin Hai Tingtao, and it is said that he is also a well-known football author on the Internet. This is called "The Hero of the Forbidden Zone", the protagonist in it has the same height as Gao Zheng, but both the style of play and the personality are completely different, this guy named Chen Yingying has a violent personality, a strong body, and is very good at heading, but he really looks like a giant bear.

It's just that the technique under your feet is too rough.

Gao Zheng scoffed at this.

However, other people's private lives are much more lively than their own, and even the Russian tennis girl Sharapova is soaked. Later, after breaking up with Sharapova, there was a one-night stand with Ivanka Tianlei, the daughter of American tycoon Trumple!

Gao Zheng snorted when he saw this, this author really dares YY......

However, compared with others, his private life is indeed too monotonous and boring.

Not to mention going to a nightclub to pick up girls, I haven't even had a girlfriend yet......

Thinking of this, Gao Zheng took out the antique-like second-hand CD player from his handbag, put on headphones, and listened to Feng Shiyu's song.

When Sister Feng's singing voice drifted into his ears, his slightly restless heart gradually calmed down.

He continued to look at this crooked ......